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WORK
RICHARD HAMMOND'S WORKSHOP
THE GREAT ESCAPISTS
BIG
RICHARD HAMMOND'S
MIDLIFE CRISIS
THE PERFECT DRIVE
FALKEN TYRES
ABOUT US
Independent, curious and cheeky, Chimp Television is all about evolving what and how we produce to create high impact and accessible TV. Founded in 2018 by presenter, producer and journalist Richard Hammond, Chimp seeks to bring innovation to factual programming programming. Whether re-defining specialist factual or genre mashing we embrace the challenge with ambition, style and integrity.
Independent, curious and cheeky, Chimp Television is all about evolving what and how we produce to create high impact and accessible TV. Founded in 2018 by presenter, producer and journalist Richard Hammond, Chimp seeks to bring innovation to factual programming programming. Whether re-defining specialist factual or genre mashing we embrace the challenge with ambition, style and integrity.
BROADCASTERS WE WORK WITH
MEET THE TEAM
RICHARD HAMMOND
creative director | Founder
Richard’s motivations are to build a new talent legacy – as a producer of clever and joyful programming that raises the benchmark for connecting with audiences and evolving the creative processes to get there.
ERIKA DODD
Director of Programmes
Erika is an Executive Producer with 20 years’ experience delivering compelling television to UK and international audiences. Her credits include, The Great Escapists (Amazon), To Kill A King (BBC), Nazi Megastructures (Nat Geo), The Yorkshire Steam Railway (Five).
NIKKI TILLEY
HEAD OF PRODUCTION
Nikki has delivered hundreds of hours of programming to both UK and US markets. Formerly Head of Production at Pioneer Productions and co founder of the production consultancy firm, The Televators, Her credits include, David Baddiel on the Silk Road (Discovery Channel) Your Face Says it All (Channel 4) and Cradle to Grave (National Geographic).
JESS JORDAN
HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT
Jess is driven by projects with scale and ambition for the global market, and is the development force behind many major unscripted series, including the Emmy and BAFTA-winning Planet Earth/Blue Planet II (BBC), Tiny World (Apple TV+), Animal and Night on Earth (Netflix), and Super/Natural and On the Edge with Alex Honnold (Nat Geo).
GET IN TOUCH
Chimp use The Talent Manager to manage our CV database and list our job vacancies. To send your CV for consideration, please join our network here. It is crucial that you keep your availability information regularly updated after your join and upload your CV via The Talent Manager.
